Special Collections & Archives

Liam Miller was born April 24, 1924, in Mountrath, Ireland. Educated in Ireland at Ballyfin College and University College Dublin, he studied architecture. He married Josephine Browne in 1947, and together they founded the Dolmen Press in 1951. The Press operated in Dublin from 1951 until Liam Miller's death in 1987. This collection consists of 6 large series: Administrative, Design and Printing, Financial, Personal Papers, Oversize Materials, Printing Blocks, and Publications.

Liam Miller was born April 24, 1924, in Mountrath, Ireland. Educated in Ireland at Ballyfin College and University College Dublin, he studied architecture. He married Josephine Browne in 1947, and together they founded the Dolmen Press in 1951. The Press operated in Dublin from 1951 until Liam Miller's death in 1987. These materials document the professional work of the Dolmen Press, the Cuala Press, and Liam Miller writ large. Some personal correspondence and biographical materials related to Miller are also present. Material types include advertisement flyers, blank dummy books, book dust jackets, booklets and pamphlets, catalogs, broadsides, correspondence, event invitations, galley pages, magazines, newspaper clippings, page proofs, paintings, prints, posters, programs, prospectuses, and set design and other sketches.

The Dolmen Press was founded by Liam and Josephine Miller in 1951. The Press operated in Dublin from 1951 until Liam Miller's death in 1987. Founded to provide a publishing outlet for Irish poetry, the Press also heavily featured the work of Irish artists. This series consists of oversize materials from all other series, and is largely comprised of art originals and reproductions.

The Dolmen Press was founded by Liam and Josephine Miller in 1951. The Press operated in Dublin from 1951 until Liam Miller's death in 1987. Founded to provide a publishing outlet for Irish poetry, the Press also heavily featured the work of Irish artists. This series consists of author correspondence, general business correspondence, typescripts, proofs, art, galleys, reviews, paste-ups, dust jackets, printing notes and other information relating to the publications of the Dolmen Press. Some publications of the Cuala Press are also included in this series. The documents range in date from 1945 to 1987, with the bulk of the documents dating from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s. The publications of the press were largely works of poetry and criticism of Irish poetry and literature, as well as some works of drama and prose fiction.